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Counselor's personal
actions need fine tuning

I applaud the author's will and fight to get through the life lesson that appeared before her. But it seems the author missed the bigger-picture lesson here, and I hope she is not teaching this to other children.

From the story she tells, she has actually turned into the person that was her teacher. She handled the situation at the checkout counter in the same manner that was given to her when she was student. The lesson she should be teaching is: Persevere through what you think is wrong, but also don't grow into the person who wronged you. Be a better person by politely acknowledging to the person how it affected you and how it made you a better person.

There was no need to make herself feel like Rocky Balboa, as she stated in her article. She is just repeating and teaching the same lesson that was taught to her by this person.

RICK WILEY

Rick.wiley8@comcast.net

Bicyclists, motorists are
a bad mix on canopy road

At 3:30 last Sunday afternoon, I was driving east on Old St. Augustine Road, approaching Williams Road. This is a narrow canopy road barely wide enough for two cars, with a speed limit of 45 mph, and a double yellow line warns against passing. As I approached the crest of a hill, a car loomed, heading straight at me in the middle of my lane. The other driver was passing a bicyclist, and he made the incredibly irresponsible decision to cross the yellow line as he approached the crest of a hill. I slammed on my brakes just in time to avoid a head-on collision. The other driver came within a split-second of dying for his stupidity, and he nearly killed me in the process.

There is something seriously wrong here. Granted, the other driver attempted a very reckless and illegal passing maneuver for which he should lose his license. But I also fault the bicyclist, who knew full well that he was posing a safety hazard to himself and to motorists by bicycling on a narrow and hilly road with no space for bicycles. Bicyclists routinely use Old St. Augustine Road, and the double yellow line is routinely ignored by motorists. This is a lethal combination, and if bicyclists continue to use this road, a deadly head-on collision will result. Let's close this road to bicycles before people die.

STEVE HALEY

tallahasseelibrarian@yahoo.com

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Re: 'Teaching perseverance helps kids beat hurdles' (TLH Local, Oct. 2). I applaud the author's will and fight to get through the life lesson that appeared before her.